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Vox Media was established in 2011 by Jim Bankoff and Trei Brundrett as the parent company for SB Nation and The Verge. The organization converted the previous parent shell SportsBlogs, Inc. into Vox Media, Inc. to oversee its expanding portfolio of digital media brands.
Vox Media acquired the Curbed Network in 2013 and launched the general interest news website Vox in April 2014. The company purchased Recode in May 2015 and New York Media in September 2019 to expand its lifestyle and culture content portfolio.
More than 300 employees under the Vox Media Union staged a walkout over failed labor agreements regarding working conditions and compensation. The action led to most Vox Media websites temporarily ceasing operation while the union negotiated with management.
Concert is a marketplace for advertising that uses WordPress to power Vox Media's editorial brands and reached almost 90 percent of all internet users by May 2018. Vox Media and NBCUniversal launched Concert as a premium ad network in April 2016 to reach more than 150 million people across their digital properties.
Vox Media sold its video game website Polygon to Valnet in May 2025. The sale included the layoff of most staff including Editor-in-Chief Christopher Plante and drew significant backlash from the Vox Media Union.